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Stephen Richardson 1649–1717 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 JUN 1649

Birth Location: Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Death Date: 1717

Death Location: Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Father: Samuel Richardson

Mother: Joan Thake

Spouse(s): Abigail Wyman

Children(s): Abigail Richardson, William Richardson

The story of Stephen Richardson began in 1649 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Stephen Richardson married Abigail Reed Wyman, and had children including Abigail Richardson, William Richardson. Stephen Richardson passed away in 1717 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of Stephen Richardson began in 1649 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
  • Stephen Richardson married Abigail Reed Wyman, and had children including Abigail Richardson, William Richardson.
  • Stephen Richardson passed away in 1717 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Samuel Richardson
1604–
Birth Location: Westmill, Hertfordshire, England
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Joan Thake
1606–1666
Birth Location: Westmill, East Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Abigail Wyman
1659–1720
Birth Location: Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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Children(s)

Abigail Richardson
1683–1720
Birth Location: Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
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William Richardson
1678–1749
Birth Location: Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
WR

Stephen Richardson's Ancestors

Self
Stephen Richardson
1649–1717
Birth Place: Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Parents
Samuel Richardson
1604–
Westmill, Hertfordshire, England
Joan (or Joanna) Thake
1606–1666
Westmill, East Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Stephen Richardson's Descendants

1.
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Stephen Richardson (15 JUN 1649–1717) m. Abigail (Reed) Wyman (1659–17 SEP 1720)
  1. 1. Abigail Richardson 1683–1720 m. John Vinton 1680–1760
    1. 1. Abigail Vinton 1695–1755 m. John Pierce 1686–1766
      1. 1. Martha Pierce 1718– m. Azariah Eddy 1714–1749
        1. 1. Rhoda Eddy 1744– m. Seth Winslow 1741–
  2. 2. William Richardson 1678–1749 m. Rebecca Vinton 1620–1757
    1. 1. Stephen Richardson 1714–1754 m. Hannah Coy 1718–1761
      1. 1. Hannah Richardson 1744–1804 m. Amos (Elias) Sweet –1801
        1. 1. Polly Sweet 1788–1866 m. Hosea (Tiffany) Jr. 1782–1836

Stephen Richardson's Timeline

2 Records

1649
15 JUN 1649
Birth of Stephen Richardson in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
1717
1717
Age 68
Burial of Stephen Richardson in First Burial Ground, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
First Burial Ground, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 JUN 1649
    Event Place: Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
    Record Source:
    [1] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 12 June 2019, 06:56), entry for Stephen Richardson Sr.(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID LVWW-M3G
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 3 November 2017), Stephen Richardson, 15 Jun 1649; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.
    [3] FamilySearch Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree
    [4] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [5] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [6] FamilySearch Family Tree, Birth year: 1648; Birth city: Woburn; Birth state: MA
    [7] FamilySearch Family Tree, Birth year: 1649; Birth city: Woburn; Birth state: MA
    [8] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [9] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [10] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [11] FamilySearch Family Tree, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000., 30059022
    [12] FamilySearch Family Tree, Richardson Memorial, 30059575
    [13] FamilySearch Family Tree, media.type.Other, David Dickson2-22-04.FBK
    [14] FamilySearch Family Tree, media.type.Book, Birth Certificate
    [15] FamilySearch Family Tree, Massachusetts, Find a Grave Index, 1620-2013.
    [16] FamilySearch Family Tree, Woburn Record of Events., 12833421
    [17] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [18] FamilySearch Family Tree, Volume: 229; SAR Membership Number: 45737
    [19] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 3 November 2017), Stephen Richardson in entry for Prudence Richardson, 17 Jan 1685; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.
    [20] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 3 November 2017), Stephen Richardson in entry for Seth Richardson, 16 Jan 1689; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.
    [21] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 3 November 2017), Stephen Richardson in entry for Mary Richardson, 03 May 1696; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.
    [22] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 3 November 2017), Stephen Richardson in entry for Rebeckah Richardson, 10 Jun 1698; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.
    [23] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 3 November 2017), Stephen Richardson in entry for Rebeca Richardson, 06 Dec 1711; citing Death, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.
    [24] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 3 November 2017), Stephen Richardson in entry for Solloman Richardson, 27 Mar 1702; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.
    [25] Public Member Trees

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1717
    Event Place: First Burial Ground, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
    Record Source:
    [1] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 12 June 2019, 06:56), entry for Stephen Richardson Sr.(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID LVWW-M3G
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree
    [3] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [4] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [5] FamilySearch Family Tree, Birth year: 1648; Birth city: Woburn; Birth state: MA
    [6] FamilySearch Family Tree, Birth year: 1649; Birth city: Woburn; Birth state: MA
    [7] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [8] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [9] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [10] FamilySearch Family Tree, media.type.Other, David Dickson2-22-04.FBK
    [11] FamilySearch Family Tree, media.type.Book, Birth Certificate
    [12] FamilySearch Family Tree, Massachusetts, Find a Grave Index, 1620-2013.
    [13] FamilySearch Family Tree, Woburn Record of Events., 12833421
    [14] FamilySearch Family Tree, Cutter, William Richard & Edward F. Johnson, "Transcript of Epitaphs In Woburn First And Second Burial Grounds: Chronologically Arranged With Brief Illustrative Notes." Woburn, MA: Andrews, Cutler & Co., Book and Job Printers, 1890.
    [15] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 3 November 2017), Stephen Richardson in entry for Prudence Richardson, 17 Jan 1685; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.
    [16] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 3 November 2017), Stephen Richardson in entry for Seth Richardson, 16 Jan 1689; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.
    [17] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 3 November 2017), Stephen Richardson in entry for Mary Richardson, 03 May 1696; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.
    [18] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 3 November 2017), Stephen Richardson in entry for Rebeckah Richardson, 10 Jun 1698; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.
    [19] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 3 November 2017), Stephen Richardson in entry for Rebeca Richardson, 06 Dec 1711; citing Death, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.
    [20] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 3 November 2017), Stephen Richardson in entry for Solloman Richardson, 27 Mar 1702; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.
    [21] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 3 November 2017), Stephen, Senr. Richardson, 22 Mar 1718; citing Death, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Record Source:
    [1] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 12 June 2019, 06:56), entry for Stephen Richardson Sr.(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID LVWW-M3G
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree
    [3] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [4] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [5] FamilySearch Family Tree, Birth year: 1648; Birth city: Woburn; Birth state: MA
    [6] FamilySearch Family Tree, Birth year: 1649; Birth city: Woburn; Birth state: MA
    [7] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [8] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [9] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [10] FamilySearch Family Tree, media.type.Other, David Dickson2-22-04.FBK
    [11] FamilySearch Family Tree, media.type.Book, Birth Certificate
    [12] FamilySearch Family Tree, Massachusetts, Find a Grave Index, 1620-2013.
    [13] FamilySearch Family Tree, Woburn Record of Events., 12833421
    [14] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 3 November 2017), Stephen Richardson in entry for Prudence Richardson, 17 Jan 1685; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.
    [15] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 3 November 2017), Stephen Richardson in entry for Seth Richardson, 16 Jan 1689; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.
    [16] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 3 November 2017), Stephen Richardson in entry for Mary Richardson, 03 May 1696; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.
    [17] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 3 November 2017), Stephen Richardson in entry for Rebeckah Richardson, 10 Jun 1698; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.
    [18] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 3 November 2017), Stephen Richardson in entry for Rebeca Richardson, 06 Dec 1711; citing Death, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.
    [19] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 3 November 2017), Stephen Richardson in entry for Solloman Richardson, 27 Mar 1702; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Place: Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 12 June 2019, 06:56), entry for Stephen Richardson Sr.(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID LVWW-M3G
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, Ancestry Family Tree
    [3] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [4] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [5] FamilySearch Family Tree, Birth year: 1648; Birth city: Woburn; Birth state: MA
    [6] FamilySearch Family Tree, Birth year: 1649; Birth city: Woburn; Birth state: MA
    [7] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [8] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [9] FamilySearch Family Tree
    [10] FamilySearch Family Tree, Richardson Memorial, 30059575
    [11] FamilySearch Family Tree, media.type.Other, David Dickson2-22-04.FBK
    [12] FamilySearch Family Tree, media.type.Book, Birth Certificate
    [13] FamilySearch Family Tree, Massachusetts, Find a Grave Index, 1620-2013.
    [14] FamilySearch Family Tree, Woburn Record of Events., 12833421
    [15] FamilySearch Family Tree, Volume: 229; SAR Membership Number: 45737
    [16] FamilySearch Family Tree, Cutter, William Richard & Edward F. Johnson, "Transcript of Epitaphs In Woburn First And Second Burial Grounds: Chronologically Arranged With Brief Illustrative Notes." Woburn, MA: Andrews, Cutler & Co., Book and Job Printers, 1890.
    [17] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 3 November 2017), Stephen Richardson in entry for Prudence Richardson, 17 Jan 1685; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.
    [18] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 3 November 2017), Stephen Richardson in entry for Seth Richardson, 16 Jan 1689; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.
    [19] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 3 November 2017), Stephen Richardson in entry for Mary Richardson, 03 May 1696; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.
    [20] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 3 November 2017), Stephen Richardson in entry for Rebeckah Richardson, 10 Jun 1698; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.
    [21] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 3 November 2017), Stephen Richardson in entry for Rebeca Richardson, 06 Dec 1711; citing Death, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.
    [22] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 3 November 2017), Stephen Richardson in entry for Solloman Richardson, 27 Mar 1702; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 859,998.
    [23] Public Member Trees
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